Hey Dennis, from my experience and from what I've seen with other (more successful) instructors, the growth of your Udemy success is really something exponential. Unless you create a world-class level course right away, you will most likely see very little impact at the start, and grow with baby steps, but eventually, if you are consistent, you should start making bigger and bigger leaps when it comes to everything (number of students, reviews, and revenue). I also started with 0 following, and I think it went quite good. Don't be discouraged by it. When it comes to recording yourself throughout the whole course, you need to keep in mind that this will significantly increase the amount of effort needed to create lessons, however I think it does add value for any kind of course to include this. It can be great for connecting better to your audience. At the end of the day, it's up to you to decide if including this will be worth your time. Personally, when I was just starting out, I compromised and recorded the promo and introduction lessons including this, but for the rest of the course I skipped it.
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